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Rising Saint John River frustrating swath of southern New Brunswick

FREDERICTON – Thane Mallory says the picturesque water view out the back window is what keeps him going back every day to Gulliver’s World Cafe, his restaurant in Gagetown, N.B. “I wake up every morning and look out the back window and I say, that’s beautiful,” Mallory said Wednesday. “That love affair kind of ends […]

By Greg Meckbach | April 24, 2019

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 Out of control Saskatchewan wildfire triggers state of emergency, evacuation

BIGGAR, Sask. – Saskatchewan’s fire commissioner is urging people across the province not to have open fires as a wildfire around the town of Biggar sparked a state of emergency and some evacuations. Duane McKay says crews are assessing what impact a change in wind directions will have on the fire but that it is […]

By Greg Meckbach | April 23, 2019

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Toronto van attack survivor deemed catastrophically injured

TORONTO – Aleksandra Kozhevnikova doesn’t remember being hit by the van that careened through north Toronto and mowed down pedestrians on a busy thoroughfare last April. Nor does the 92-year-old woman, one of the 16 injured who survived, want to talk about the attack that killed 10 people and robbed her of the independence she […]

By Jason Contant | April 22, 2019

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Spring melt floods thousands of Quebec homes

Nearly 2,400 homes in Quebec have been flooded following the spring melt in the province, according to statistics released early Monday morning by the provincial government. The flooding has resulted in the evacuation of more than 1,500 residents. The city of Ste-Marie was particularly hard-hit, with 974 homes flooded and 500 residents evacuated. Beauceville saw […]

By Jason Contant | April 22, 2019

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